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Re: SmackDown Live; Take A Chance

Since I gave you such crappy feedback after the last show, I thought I would try and be a little more prompt and better with this bunch...

The opening segment is a big time slot for every show so I was happy to see the tag team contract signing getting such a big time slot. Daniel Bryan just excusing himself from the contract signing was very weird, that never happens. Usually the authority figure stays out to chaperone and prevent violence so I’m really not sure what your thought process was here. But either way, it just felt very strange. I know you write in a brief recap format but it would have been nice to get a little bit more of an idea regarding what the teams said to each other, rather than just saying they were going “back and forth”. The brawl with the faces coming out on top to end the contract signing is pretty standard stuff. A decent start to the show.

I’m not sure how I feel about this segment between the Vaudevillains and Crews and Dillinger. I mean I don’t mind the segment if I take it out of context, setting up an eventual tag match between the two teams, but I feel like this is just badly placed. These two in Crews and Dillinger now have a tag team feud to move onto, before they have even had their IC Title triple threat match. Unless you’re pulling a swerve, this kind of gave away one of the No Mercy Results.

Bray Wyatt was always destroying Elmsworth here. Swagger wanting to challenge Bray makes sense, and Wyatt just laughing like a maniac to accept suits his character. As usual, Bray, even in simple segments like this, is a highlight of your thread. Good job.

Showing the difference in the behaviour of the face and heel women, but still all concerned about the attack on Natalya makes perfect sense. Just an easy way to further promote the angle. Bliss and Carmella look as if they have just booked themselves into a match at No Mercy. I don’t mind the cheap/rushed match being made, but don’t fall into the trap of having wrestlers book their own matches. Besides that, hyping this attacker angle, as well as the women’s title match at No Mercy, with Becky and Nikki in the same room, was all done very well.

Heath Slater finally getting a contract only to not be able to sign it is ironic, I enjoyed that. Corbin interrupting and wanting a little more spotlight, only to look good beating on both Slater and Rhyno was great. A quick rushed booking of the match for No Mercy but it should do well in Corbin’s slow build up nonetheless. Solid stuff.

DIY promo simply setting the stage for their feud with The Usos after No Mercy, all good.

Bliss is obviously always going to destroy local talent. The aftermath with the brawl with Carmella just furthers their heat for No Mercy, solid stuff.

AJ, The Club and The Usos such an awesome faction, although aren’t The Usos just part of the club now? Anyway, AJ being all cocky and bragging about their situation is typical. Shane McMahon hating them would be standard as well, however without wanting to sound like a broken record, I hate the idea of Orton getting a title shot at Survivor Series. He’s done nothing but lose or get beat up since the thread started, why does he deserve a title shot? More work needs to be done here.

As I have mentioned over the past few weeks, I’m loving everything involving The Miz at the moment. Some would say Kalisto isn’t on his level so even the idea of Kalisto being chosen to face him is brilliant, dickish Miz actions. Love it and the consistent digs at Bryan.

The one thing I wanted to say but changed my mind on earlier was the Becky Lynch and Nikki Bella segment. I was going to say it would have been nice to see the two build some tension, but that sort of happened here with Nikki’s final statement. Another good segment, intertwining the women’s title feud with the attacker angle.

The Miz, as usual gets help from Maryse and picks up the victory. He needed to here, and I still believe this angle has the potential for a huge blow off at some point.

I’ve enjoyed the character development of Dolph Ziggler throughout this thread, with him becoming more and more bitter by the minute. With that being said, this Ziggler/Cena segment and feud makes perfect sense, however this has all the makings of a big time feud. It seems a little disappointing that it has been rushed on the final episode before No Mercy. I would have preferred of more to be made of this from a booking standpoint, yet it was a still a great segment.

Ambrose speaking to The Hype Bro’s just HYPING the main event was solid enough.

The main event had a lot of things going for it. Erick Rowan getting involved with a distraction continues that angle, whilst The Club look brilliant, making AJ look tops heading into No Mercy. A great image to end the show with AJ raising the title above his head.

A solid go home show. Every match on the No Mercy card got some air time and that’s basically all that you can ask for. Some angles progressed well whilst there were others that I questioned. My main concern out of this show was probably the amount of matches that feel rushed because they were booked last minute. Still, a solid read though.

Re: SmackDown Live; Take A Chance

I do find the Styles pairing with the Usos interesting. It would make it even more interesting if Roman ever shows up. Dolph and Cena is an encounter we need. The Cena promo is what Cena would say in that moment. I hope we get more of scathing promo these two. My only hope is that dolph gets the rub from this. It'll help him in the long run as Cena has nothing to prove. The Carmella/Bliss stuff could use some work. Corbin and Rhyno will make for an interesting fight. Two big monsters going at it and it's going to be a great way to build Corbin up for the future.

Re: SmackDown Live; Take A Chance

Thank you for the comments stojy and Gambit! I really appreciate the feedback, and hopefully I can work this out a bit in the future. My main reason for the VV/Crews&Dillinger segment was to give some extra time to some tag team guys while not taking too much time away from another segment, plus gives something for the future no matter what happens at No Mercy. I'm hoping to make the Orton situation a bit better soon, maybe explain some things and get things rolling. I also figured I'd call it the "New Club" for their first week or so together just to get it together, and from now on it's going to be The Club.

Now on to predictions ...

NO MERCYOCTOBER 9, 2016

Well, here it goes. This is a show I've already written and am very proud of. I plan to have it posted either on the weekend or early next week as I make tweaks here and there. The previous predictions were won by Declandimi, and he made his choices for Survivor Series which will be seen. Meanwhile, for these, there are a total of 18 points available and the winner of these predictions will make two decisions for TLC. Those involve a match stipulation and a choice between two matches as well which will affect quite a bit of the BTB. Thank you very much for reading and for doing this contest!